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The Portland daily press., 1887-04-18
THE BLAZE AT KENNEBuNKPoRT.
The Fire Supposed to have been of
Incendlary Origin.

KENNEBUNK PORT, April 16.-A fierce fire
in the thickly settled part of Kennebunkpcrt
early this morning destroyed fourteen build
ings before it could be controlled
The flames started just beford midnight in
the large skating rink owned by George Will
son, of Lawrence, situated on Water street,
near the bank of the river. When discoy-
cred the fire was well under way, and had
caught also in an old stable adjoining. 1t
quickly spread to the dwelling house of Mrs.
Mary Leach.
Only one small hand tub is owned by the
town and that was kept working until !eyery
well and cistern in the village was pumped
dry Then it was taken to the wharf and
kept in operation until the fire was under
control. AT three o'clock the Biddeford
steamer and the Kennebunk hand engine
were telegraphed for, but arrived too late to
be of much service.
The lire was famed by strong southwest
breeze and destroyed fourteen buildings in
Guiding the large rink, the engine house. five
dwellings, Spring Hotel and several smaller
buildings. The total loss will be about S15.-
600, not over one-ffth of which is covered by
insurance.
That the fire was of incendiary origin there
seems to be no doubt. The rink had not
been used for month and the building
burned with surprising rapidity, indicating
that some combustible matter was used to
increase the fury of the flames A promi-
nent citizen of the town said this forenoon
that he saw suspicious character in the vi
cinity of the rink few minutes after the fire
was discovered and when spoken to the fell
low broke into run across the bridge. The
confagration occurred at the worst possible
time in the night, as the tide was too low to
allow the engine to obtain water at the
wharf when it broke out.
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The Portland daily press., 1887-04-18
q RumbIebee,s memory.

A valuable contribution to natural science
has been made by Prof. Edward Hoffer in
the discovery of remarkable power of men,
ory in the bumble-bee! The little creature
has evidently a strong sense of locality COM
parative to that of carrier pigeon. The
professor removed nest containing numer-
Gus bumble-bees Bur-bus terristris) from its
original location and carried it to his resi-
dence, about three miles distant. He fur
ther carefully watched the place for some
time, after having captured all the bees who
had flown to the defense of their nest and, it
is believed, the entire colony. These he i'm
prisoncd for several hours in wide mouthed
bottle, and safely reunited them to their
new home. At his house he placed the nest,
with its inhabitants, near window, and af-
ter the latter had been quieted, made small
entrance. Immediately the bees began to
fly out, and in doing so must have observed
their surroundings, for in short time they
one by one returned. The following night,
however, there was a severe storm, and
while the inhabitants of other colonies of
bees near it that had become accustomed to
their surroundings were not in the least
troubled, these bees escaped and hid them
selves somewhere without during the storm.
Upon searching for them early the next
morning the B S TSs OF rOuS6 xS SeaS %orsT IpSn
were seen flying about the house. From time
In time one or another-possibly those which
had flown out of the entrance the day before
found the opening and returned into their
nest. while the remainder, after flying about
Ts; for Several hours, gradually disappeared till
not moi one was left. As it was supposed that
they had in all probability returned .ed to their
apfternoon- where at least fifty of them were
found. They had thus, 1t will be seen, dis
tinctIy tHI remembered it, and after they had
sought sought in vain to find entrance to their new
home they 1ygcatS nad spd returned ththeT
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-18
BASE BALL.

ARRIVAL HOME OF THE PoRTLANDs.
The entire Portland team arrived home
last night on the Pullman train from Boston.
The remaining dates that had been arranged
for exhibition games outside of Portland
have been cancelled. In Waterbury, where
they were to play today, the home club with
drew the guarantee they first gave, and the
city not being paying one ON percentage at
this season. Manager Spence refused to 90
there. At Danbury, where they were TO 20
tomorrow, the grounds could not be got into
condition, and so the team came home, can
ceiling the only remaining date-that for
Springfield on Wednesday. Manager Spence
told PRESS reporter last night that he had
brought home strong team, one that was
much superior to the last years team. The
trip has not been successful one as far as
weather is concerned, as 1t had been so cold
and raw that he could not work men without
danger Of injury. He says playing in such
weather has probably ruined Hendershot for
the season. Hatfield has not been used at
all in the box and is In the pink Of condition
Quinn is also in good condition, and has
pitched thirteen innings since he has joined
the club and not a run has been made while
he has been in the box. Small did well In
Saturdays game and shows evidence of good
pitching qualities. Burns has also done
splendidly, taking everything into considera-
tion. McGrury and Bell have been released.
The latter broke finger in Richmond, dis
abling him. Manager Spence says things
are moving all right, and that bis team will
fulfil all expectations. They stopped last
night at the United States Hotel and will
practice on the horse car grounds daily til.
their opening game, Thursday.
BRIDGEPoRTs, IL; PoRTLANDs, 2.
The Portlands played their second game
with the Bridgeports in Bridgeport, Conn.,,
Saturday, and were again defeated by score
of IL to /.
Small pitched the first part of the game
and did very well for a start off. Quinn
pitched the balance. Lovett was in the box
for Bridgeport. One of the Bridgeports
catchers umpired the game and although he
he did not cause the Portlands to be defeat
ed. his decisions were decidedly against
them and materially increased the runs Of
his own team.
THE HARTFORD GAMES.
The Hartford Courant has the following to
say of last Thursdays game between the
Portlands and Hartford
The game yesterday was an interesting one
and was won by Hartford through almost
perfect fielding. The Portlands made the
most clean hits, but their pitchers three in
numberl were wild and sent seven Hartford
men to first base ON called balls. The Hart
fords played brilliantly in the field; in the
sixth inning the Portlands had the basses
full, with no one out, but were unable to
score. They also had the bases full in the
ninth inning, and were again shut out. Luf-
berry, for two years with the Hartf0rds, ap-
peared with the visitors, but was unfortu-
nate in his fielding. The score follows:
PoRTLANDs.
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-18
THE WEST VIRGINIA CYCLONE.
Much Damage Done by the Great
Storm.

WHEELING, West Va. April 17.--All day
today the sound Of the saw and hammer
broke the stiffness of the Sabbath in the cy-
clone wrecked towns of Martins Ferry and
st. Clairsville. Though two days have now
elapsed little progress is noticeable in clear
ing away the debris left by the storm, and
quarter of century will scarcely efface its
ravages. The destruction of groves, orch
ards and lawn trees is an item of loss which
is incalculable. Rain fell this afternoon ad-
ding to the damage, as many houses and val
liable stocks of goods are left roofess. The
work of re-stringing telegraph wires is at
tended with much difficulty, as many of the
poles are broken in two or three pieces. The
stringers were carried away and the wires
buried beneath tons of debris. A few miles
north of the track of the cyclone hail stones
fell to considerable depth, some of them as
large as hens eggs. This seriously damaged
the young fruit trees.
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-18
Homicide in an Insane Asylum.

PROVIDENCE. r. L.. April ia death in
the insane department of the State Institu-
ton at Cranston ON Saturday proves to be a
homicide. Owing to the crowded condition
of the buildings, doubling up is resorted to
in both male and female quarters. Alexan-
der Haskins, 5S years old, and Charles A.
Wallace, % years old, had for some time
occupied at night one of the small rooms in
tended for single patient. Hasl1ins was
melancholy and sleepless, and Wallace, who
Is young, well built and active, was epilep-
tic. The room was visited three times
during the night, but Haskins was found
dead in the morning. At an inquiry today
Wallace told somewhat disconnected and
rambling story, but sufficiently lucid to indi-
cate that he had risen up his sleepless COM
panion and killed him by humping his head
upon the floor. Death was caused by con-
cussion of the brain. A hole in Haskins'
head is not yet fully explained, but there is
a theory that Wallace had some weapon re-
sembling a spike, though diligent search
has failed TO find it.
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-18
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

EiJoaquin Miller has bought tract of land
tablish literary colony there.
Miss Alice Freeman, President Of Welles-
ley College, was among those to receive the
degree Of Doctor Of Letters at the recent
centennial celebration of Columbia College.
DR.. r. ii. Williams, postmaster at Cope,
Ind, has rendered his resignation ON the
ground that the compensation Of the Office is
not adequate to the labor and responsibility,
His salary for March was 45 cents.
1t is thought in Washington that Col Wes-
ley Merritt, Superintendent of West Point
Academy, will be appointed to succeed Brig
adler General Wilcox, who retires on the
10th Of this month.
George William Brown, reform candidate
for mayor at the last Baltimore election, is
the same man who was mayor Of Baltimore
when the Sixth Massachusetts were mobbed
in the streets.
The late President Arthur's bric-a-brac
and paintings have been sold at auction A
Swiss ink stand, once owned by Gen. Win
field Scott, brought 50; painting of Sheri-
dams horse, Rienzi. $3.50 portraitof Roscoe
Conkline, S4, and antique leather Bible, S25
A flock of wild geese flying over Water
bury, Conn, recently. saw one of the kites
which the Waterbury boys were flying. This
particular kite was up very high, and the
geese objected to it. They circled about it
two or three times, and then four of their
number, seemingly delegated for the pur-
pose, attacked the kite and tore il into shreds
and then went on their way.
OF three married sisters the New York
Times speaks. One of them has Jew for
husband. another a Protestant, and the
third Roman Catholic. They met by ap-
pointment at the residence of the latter in
Madison avenue on Easter Sunday night
The Jewess, presiding at the piano, sang
the touching Methodist hymn, "Shall we
know each other there?"
According to the statistics, the annual cost
of the drink bill, per capita. in Great Brit
ain and the United States, is very nearly the
anne, about sixteen dollars. The figures re-
ported from the older country show a grad
ual and steady falling off in the average cost
of this extravaganza since 1876, difference
of about $500 being noted between the aver
ages of that year and Of 1886.
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-18
GEN ERAL NEWS.

April 9th the American barque Nayersink,
Hall, from Portland, was spoken in latitude
37.46, longitude GO.
Christopher Coffey, who is lodged in Law
ell, Mass, police station, says he was robbed
last Tuesday of $500.
United States training ships Saratoga,
Portsmouth and jamestown have arrived off
Benton's reef, Newport, r. 1.
The building of the New York Zetung has
been damaged $4,000 by fire.
The Cocheco print works at Dover, N. H,
which were burned Friday afternoon are to
be at once rebuilt.
At fire in tenement No. CAT Second
Avenue, New York city, Saturday, Bridget
Hayes, an aged woman, was burned to
death.
The President. Saturday afternoon, APP
pointed Alexander II. Lawton, of Georgia, to
be envoy extraordinary and minister pleni-
petentiary to Austra-Hungary.
Western New York was visited by terri
Bile tornado Friday night Considerable dam
age was done.
The village of Ainsworth, Iowa, has been
almost entirely destroyed by fire.
Chief Justice David K. Carlten, of the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia,
died Saturday evening, aged rs years.
Several buildings were burned at st. Au-
gustine, Florida, Saturday. The business
part of Crescent City, Florida, was burned
friday night,
The John l.. Sullivan combination was not
allowed to give an exhibition at Pittsburg,
Pa, Saturday evening.
Charles ingalls,. prominent musician and
agent of the Gloucester Band. dropped dead
at Gloucester, Mass, Saturday of heart dis
ease. He was born in Maine. and was 40
years of age
The town of South Lawrence, Mass, is
stirred up over the elopement of Laura
Hunter with wealthy young man by the
name of Edward Hackett.
Cornville Reid, prominent society man Of
Exeter, N. H., has been rrested for brutally
beating his wife.
1t is discovered that spurious bonds, sup
posed to be genuine Virginia threes, are on
sale in Northern cities. A Boston firm hold
$4,000 Of these bonds.
Four hundred teamsters of the Grand
Trunk and Canadian Pacific railways are
out on strike at Montreal for advance from
Sl.35 to $1.50 per day. Freight throughout
the city is being handled by express wagons.
The Dominion fisheries fleet this season
WIN include the flagship Acadia, the Lans-
q3Wne, La Candiene, General Middleton, l..
Howietts, f. b. Conrad, Terror, Lizzie
Lundlay, Critic and confscated Highland
LIgnt. The vessels will carry 130 men, 80
officers and 16 guns.
II; Johnson, n,champion'sprinter of America,
mas peen defeated in a 100 yards dash by
James Collins OF .Edgenton, Wis, in the re-
marKapie quick time of 10 seconds.
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-18
FOREIGN.
A Magistrate Fired at While Return
Ingifrom a Meeting.
An Immense Meeting at Dublin De-
nounces the Coercion Bill.
The Course Of Cardinal Gibbons Re-
gardIng Knights of Labor Approved.
Reported Founding of an English
Steamer With I so Persons.

CORK, April 17.-Magistrate Hegarty,
while returning to Mill street from meeting
of the Defence Union today. was fired at
from behind hedge and was wounded in
the head and shoulders with buckshot.
Hegarty is unpopular and has been rigor-
ously prosecuted. No arrests have been
made in connection with the affair.
"A collision took place today between sol
qlers and civilians at Youghal and Cork Hill
hlll. Several persons were hurt.
DUBLIN, April 17-At Limerick today
10000 persons joined in a demonstration
against the coercion bill. The mayor pre-
municipal authorities, marched to the
place OF meeting. A resolution denouncing
the coercion bill was adopted.
LONDON, April ia despatch to the
keuter Telegram Company from Rome says:
line Pope approves the course Of Cardinal
GiDDons and encourages him in his action
with reference to- the Knights Of Labor.
Cardinal Gibbons has secured the adherence
OF Cardinal Manning and will appeal to the
other bishops for support.
The Times, as proof of its assertion at the
conclusion of its articles on "Parnellism and
Crime that it had furtheer documentary
evidence, prints a fac Simile OF letter
signed by Parnell and supposed to have
Deen addressed to Egan to pacify his subor-
dinates when Parnell publicly denounced
eHO uOulA IdTk murueTerS. Inc letter nils
one side Of an ordinary sheet of note paper
and is in a strange handwriting. "Yours
very. truly, Charles S. Parnell," in Parnell's
writingls at the top of the other leaf The
Times suggests that the signature was thus
written so it could be torn off If necessary.
The letter, which is dated simply 1882"
without address, is as follows
Dear Sir:-I am not surprised at your friends
anger, but he and you should know that to de-
nounce the murder was the only course open to
us. To do that promptly was plainly our best pol
icy, but you can tell him and all others lconcerned
that though regret the accident of Lord Cayen-
dsh's death, L cannot refuse to admit that Burke
got no more than his deserts. You are at liberty
TO show him this, and others whom YOU can trust
also. But let not my address be known. He can
write to the House of Commons.
LONDON, April 17.-It is reported that an
English steamer has foundered off Bonifaceo,
Corsica, and that 150 lives were lost
The Liberal association of Birmingham, at
a meeting yesterday rejected all the Union
ist proposals, and after a stormy scene, and
futile endeayors to adjourn passed resolu-
tion protesting against the coercion bill The
resolution was adopted by large majority.
PARIS, April 17.-Heavy snow storms and
bitterly cold weather are prevailing in the
western and eastern portions of France.
Farmers are despairing on account of the uil.
precedented severity Of the weather.
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-18
RAILWAY MATTERS.
FoREPAUGH's SUIT,

In the suit of Forepaugh vs. the Maine
Central railroad company for damages ON ac-
count Of injuries to circus train received in
an accident last summer, the railroad COM
pany has retained Richard Olney, ESQ, of
Boston as counsel.
BANGOR AND THE LAW
As one of the effects Of the change of rates
since the passage Of the Interstate Com
merce law one of Bangor's prominent mer-
chants says that the freight from New York
on package Of goods of the value Of not
more than twenty five dollars is now thir-
teen dollars, whereas the same Size package
formerly cost four dollars to be laid down in
Bangor. The probable result of this increase
offTeight rates will be to compel Bangor
The Whig says that one. firm that ships a
very large amount of freight is already talk
ing of putting on line Of packets.
LIVELY TIMES ON THE MEGANTIc.
Business is very brisk at Moosehead Lake
at the present time. The Megantic railway
people have workmen there and are building
along the proposed route storehouses, pow
derhouses, etc. Supplies are fast being re-
ceived there. From % to 30 teams leave
Greenville every day loaded with lumber and
provisions. Shanties for their men and
warehouses will soon be commenced. AT
Foxcroft large order from the company has
set Knox, Smith & Company's iron foundry
to work with extra help.
At Abbott all the teams that can be got at
are engaged in hauling supplies. from there
to the line Of the railroad. They 90 by viii
limantic and then use the road travelled by
the birch teams during the winter. They
move the freight as fast as they can get It
a IA mn hou hnat.
hired at Abbott to go in to build storehouses
and shanties to board the laborers. One
bridge to be built across Ship Pond Stream
is to be 1900 feet long and 113 feet high.
The Piscataquis Observer says that the
railway company are desirous of contracting
with parties at Dover to furnish for their
crew of workmen 25 head of beeves per day.
The Observer much doubts if Piscataquis
county or even the State Of Maine can ac-
commodate them.
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-18
DOGS as companIona.

The custom seems to be growing for men
to be seen accompanying dogs about the
streets, heretofore left to the ladies, who
have considered it fashionable for several
years. 1t borders on the ludicrous to be a
large man attached by string to a poodle
OF small dog, and generally large men are so
discovered. There is a COMPREHENSIVE af-
torded by valued canine which those who
nave no love for dogs cannot appreciate; and
u IS rather pleasant sight than otherwise
70 see lord and master" followed by no.
PIE ana esteemed dog, like Mr.. Wallack's st.
dog SHOW has done much to cultivate the love
Tor Dlooded CANNES. The street gamin Is
prevented by aldermanic enactment from
the patriotic, pyrotechnic displays Of his
loreiataeIs, lore at put he still elings to the mon
dent pride.-N. Y. Times.
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-18
Horse Notes.

The stallion Maine Blackwood, in conse-
quence Of fall on the ice Friday, breaking
his leg, had to be killed by DR.. George ii.
Bailey. His owner was Mr.. John Egan.
Maine Blackwood had the following pedi-
gree: Foaled in Kentucky in 1872, by Black
wood first dam by Norman, second by Nam.
brino Chief, third by Barkley's Columbus,
fourth by second Duke of Bedford. When
three years old he trotted full mile in 2.561,
and drew wagon in 2.4ot. He stood 16
hands high, and weighed 1175 pounds. Mr..
Egan has a promising colt by Maine Black
wood.
Mr.. Howard II. Woodbury. has sold mis- fine
brown gelding Harry to Boston gentleman
for good round price. This horse is large
rangy animal. very speedy, and was one Of
the best road herses in the city.
Slippery Dick (record 2.3ol sold by Mr.. w:
III: Woodbury. of this city last season, died
lately from a lung disease. Dick was a great
race horse. and won large number Of races.
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-18
FROM MEXICO.
The Question of Succession to the
Presidency.

CITY OF MEXICO, April 17.-Candidates
for the presidency are in the city awaiting
the action Eof Congress. Nothing can be
done until it is known whether President
Diaz is to be his own successor. Congress is
not making any haste about it. The senti-
ment in favor of Diaz continuing in office is
undoubtedly growing. Whether the consti-
tuition shall be changed so as to allow him to
remain in office two years longer, so as to re-
elect him for another term of four years has
been question. The committee has report
ed in favor of an amendment allowing re-
election. This committee says that in the
opinion of its members two successive terms
of the presidency will not endanger the re-
public by making it possible for the Presi-
dent to perpetuate his power as the members
their recommendation viii have considerable
weight.
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-18
The Haddock Jury discharged.

SIOUX CITY. Iowa, April 16.-The jury in
the case of John Arensdorf. charged with
the murder of Rev. John c. Haddock dis
agreed and were finally discharged by the
II for acquittal and one for conviction.
Dennis 0'Connell was the juryman who
stood out for conviction, and when the jury
was before the court he said that his judg-
ment was final The court thereupon dis
charged the jury from further service.
1t is said that before the case closed the
defence knew the jury would stand IL to
one. After the jury were discharged, the
foreman went to Judge Lewis and said he
believed OConnell, the juror who stood by
for conviction, was bought up by the State
The judge replied that he considered O'Con-
nell honest in his convictions. O'Connell
charges, on the other hand, that the defence
tried to bribe him, and he was asked to
name his price. He says those of the jurors
who wanted whisksy had it will them in
their pockets and drank it.
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-18
a New Enterprise AZ Camden.

CAMDEN, April ia corporation was
formed here Saturday afternoon, known as
the Camden Wooden Mill Company. The
capital is limited to $4,000 and $4,000 has
been already subscribed. The company has
bought the water power plant, known as
Gould'S Mills, and win erect new mill at
once. The president is W. G. Alden; treas
urer, Eckart w. Could secretary, Reuel
Robinson; directors, w. G. Alden, j. II.
Montgomery. W. G. Adams, q. f. Burgess.
o. w. Stone, A. F. Miller, e. w. Gould, w.
II. Faince and w. p. Gould.
The Portland daily press., 1887-04-18
SIX PERSONS KILLED.
BY tho Bursting of a Large Water
Tank in Illinois.

PALESTINE. ILL.,, April 17-While viewing
the wreck of a freight train on the Chicago
and Northwestern railroad near this city
this afternoon, six persons were killed by
the bursting of a large water tank, and two
fatally hurt, while a number of others were
seriously injured. 1t is supposed the collis-
ion of the freight trains in the immediate
vicinity in the morning had iarred the inn
mense tank containing 100000 gallons of wa
ter, and loosened or cracked the hoops, which
gave away while the large crowd of country
people were standing Immediately under it
Two boys and four men were killed out
right